theft
Middle English
/θeːft/, /θiːft/
noun
Definitions
- Theft, stealing, robbery in general or as an individual instance
- Financial fraud; the acquiring of financial goods maliciously.
- Some act viewed negatively compared or equated to theft.
- Stolen or illegally acquired goods or possessions.
- (rare) An alleged instance of robbery.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þīefþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō affix from Middle English thef.
Origin
Middle English
thef
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitheft English
- cybertheft English
- nontheft English
- theft English
- theftbote English
- thefteous English
- theftful English
- theftless English
- theftproof English
- theftuous English
- thief English
- thieve English
- *þiubiþō Proto-Germanic
- þēof Old English
- þīefþ Old English
- þīfþ Old English
- thef Middle English
- thefly Middle English
- thevysch Middle English
- *thiuvitha Old Dutch